https://github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist

A fast secret scanner for source code
https://github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist

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A fast secret scanner for source code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist
• Owner: ghostsecurity
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2025-08-10T12:50:49.000Z (7 months ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2026-02-13T15:32:34.000Z (24 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-02-17T05:32:47.110Z (20 days ago)
• Topics: managed-by-terraform
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://ghostsecurity.ai/tools/poltergeist
• Size: 7.15 MB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Notice: NOTICE

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# Ghost Security Poltergeist

High-performance secret scanner for source code, using [Vectorscan/Hyperscan](https://github.com/VectorCamp/vectorscan) for fast multi-pattern matching. Poltergeist is designed to be easy to use by humans and AI agents alike. For AI agent integration, see [Ghost Security Skills](https://github.com/ghostsecurity/skills).

![Demo](./docs/demo.gif)

## Quick Start

Supports Linux, macOS, and Windows (via Git Bash, MSYS2, or Cygwin).

```bash

curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

```

Alternatively, download a release directly from [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist/releases).

As a Go library:

```bash

go get github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist

```

## Comprehensive Documentation

Full documentation, tutorials, and video guides at [ghostsecurity.ai](https://ghostsecurity.ai).

## Contributions, Feedback, Feature Requests, and Issues

[Open an Issue](https://github.com/ghostsecurity/poltergeist/issues/new) per the [Contributing](.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines and [Code of Conduct](.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

## Acknowledgments

We'd like to thank the following projects for providing inspiration for Poltergeist and doing tremendous work in the secret scanning space:

- [trufflehog](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog)

- [noseyparker](https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker)

- [kingfisher](https://github.com/mongodb/kingfisher)

- [gitleaks](https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks)

## License

This repository is licensed under the Apache License 2.0. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.